Redditor jojomecoco was curious to hear what the men of Reddit considered the biggest obstacles and challenges which come with their gender, leading them to ask:
"Boys, what's the downside to being a male?"
What lies between one's legs...
"Getting hit in the nuts."- Phantomtastic
"Balls stick to leg."- BuffGroot
Societal Expectations
"All the expectations."
"'We must be swift as the coursing river, with all the force of a great typhoon, with all the strength of a raging fire, mysterious as the dark side of the moon'."- SparkAxolotl
"Our childhood interests don’t truly change much into adulthood, but we are often seen as childish if we continue to pursue them."
"One of my greatest laments is the magnitude of friends who said, 'when I grow up I’ll be able to afford..,' yet abandoned those dreams due to social conditioning."- nixxy19
nicksplat doug GIFGiphyDon't let a persona fool you.
:Being called a creep when you call a kid adorable."- OkraFit3987
Men like hugs too...
"I haven't been hugged in 14 years."- Delphii42
It can be hard for everyone...
"Whatever dating is now."- Thompson_S_Sweetback
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"Almost never get compliments."
"Ever."- Redbeardthe1st
What are your intentions, exactly?
"I can’t be nice to women without them thinking I’m hitting on them or what have you."
"Like yeah you’re pretty but also, I’m just being polite."- pdeagz
When push comes to shove, sometimes we all feel like the world is against us, and we have to face an uphill battle.
But if one were to provide a study, the likely outcome would prove that men, namely white, cisgender, heterosexual men, often have a much less steep hill to climb than anyone else.
And though it might certainly be a different sensation, getting hit really hard between the legs is painful for everyone.
Redditor ValenFrost wanted to know:
"What would you do if God gave you admin privilege on Earth?"
Whoops!
"Invert controls."
- aphexakira
"Honestly this wouldn't be too bad, of course there'd be a lot of car accidents but after a year or two people wouldn't be able to notice much happened most likely."
- WillTFB
"Imagine wanting to lift your right arm up and end up pulling your left arm to the ground. could you really get used to it?"
- Main-Consideration76
GiphyHard Reboot
"[Start New Game]"
- graperwave
"Message pops up [Are you sure you want to boot EARTH.V5794615.exe?]"
- Vitalis597
GiphyDentistry Is Finished
"Make people have teeth like the crocs. When a tooth is injured a new one always pops out."
- BeeOnAutotune
"Motherf'kers that paid to get their wisdom teeth pulled about to be mad as f'k."
- BigPimpin91
Giphy
Ewww...
"I'd switch the taste of sugar and salt, then lay back and watch the reign of chaos."
- c_changedusername
GiphyThe Buzz
"Ban mosquitoes."
- the_old_gray_goose
"Why? Just make mosquitoes suck fat instead of blood."
- tfngst
"Great, now we have to deal with morbidly obese mosquitoes now."
- lgndk11r
"We won't have to deal with them very long if it's morbid 🤷"
- mint_tea_0_0
GiphyGreen New Deal
"I would take the forest grow tool and regrow all the missing forests that some of the NPCs cut down. The system should use the available carbon to satisfy this thus fixing the overabundance of CO2 in the atmosphere."
- Akul_Tesla
"Also, salt marshes! They capture 25-50 times as much carbon for their size as some forest types."
- Finn1sher
"They're on the list. It all depends on how long I have admin privileges for."
"I also got to fix the coral reefs they're major carbon sinks."
- Akul_Tesla
GiphyStats
"Set everyone's greed level to 0."
- ArguablyTired
"Empathy to 10."
- Corgiboom2
"Just remove the drive to horde wealth. Nothing wrong with wanting a better life for yourself or your family. It's the impulse to enrich yourself at others' expense that's the problem."
- Tsukikaiyo
GiphyLive Long and Snuggle
"Resurrect Harambe."
"Increase the lifespan of dogs and have them stay healthy for much longer."
- ThunderStruck115
"Also cats."
- A-Nery
"Ever since Harambe died literally nothing ever got better."
- Cooldudeyo23
GiphyPeople certainly had a lot of diverse ideas.
So, what would you do?